The news is out: Peter Thiel is stepping down from Meta’s board of directors. Pals, we should pray for Zuck. Thiel — the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies — has…
Month: February 2022
What’s the difference between autonomous vehicles and driver-assistance tech?
Your new car is packed with a bunch of driver-assist features. But that doesn’t exactly make it an autonomous vehicle. So what’s the difference? What is driver-assist? Driver-assist is also called Advanced…
The auto sector thinks Tesla’s full of shit with its ‘full self-driving’
Just this weekend, respected New York Times journalist Farhad Manjoo wrote an article about traveling in a Cadillac Escalade embedded with Super Cruise, driver-assist technology. It erroneously stated that by deploying the…
Everything you need to know about those .eth addresses on Twitter
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. If you’ve been on Twitter recently, you’ll…
DIY brain-computer interfaces have arrived — why that’s cool (and why it isn’t)
A US-based science group intends to use a “crowd sale” to distribute brain-computer interfaces to a community of hackers. Dun-dun-dunnnnn! Another way of putting it: A PhD student and an artificial intelligence…
The first-ever sighting of an ‘invisible’ black hole could teach us how stars form
Astronomers famously snapped the first ever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. But many black holes are actually near impossible to detect. Now…
Nvidia’s ambitious ARM deal has been pulled off the table
Update February 8, 2022 3.30PM IST: Nvidia’s deal to buy ARM has officially been called off. In a statement, Softbank said “significant regulatory challenges” prevented the acquisition. The Japanese conglomerate also mentioned…
Want to start a podcast? Joby’s Wavo Pod could be the microphone for you
You might not be very familiar with the name Joby, but chances are you’ve seen some of their products before. Specifically, you’ve probably come across the company’s funky-looking GorillaPods before: Though the…
‘Doxxing’ of Bored Ape founders exposes Web3’s transparency issues
The Web3 community is in uproar over a curious case of “doxxing.” The victims of this exposure are two founders of Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)….
This futuristic EV promises a mind-melting 1,000km range on a single charge
The 2021 Lucid Air shook up the EV market with its whopping 837km range, but now there’s a new player in town with an even higher number: the Norwegian company Fresco Motors. …